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From twin Minnesota lockouts to plans for a "pop-up" NY Phil, here's your guide to all the current must-reads, watches and listens. Plus: rumors of the Met's next season, a smashed cello in Germany and a gourmand-themed World Series bet between two of America's top orchestras.

Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig says President Trump froze key federal agencies, including the FBI and Dept. of Defense, whose job it was to investigate and stop threats to national security.

Anderson Japanese Gardens has been chosen the highest quality Japanese Gardens in North America by Sukiya Living Magazine (The Journal of Japanese…

Rumors have been circulating for some time that -- just like in the world of sports -- classical musicians are using performance-enhancing drugs. NPR's Tom Goldman talks to NPR's Lisa Simeone about the speculations.

Host Melissa Block asks what the top Summer song of 2005 will be. Several reviewers offer their picks for the season's most popular country, hip hop and alternative rock songs, from The Killers, Sugarland and Rihanna.

Ten albums released this year that you absolutely, positively won't want to miss — from marquee artists like Cecilia Bartoli and Michael Tilson Thomas to fresh discoveries, including American composer Michael Harrison, Denmark's Vagn Holmboe and a forgotten Baroque man of mystery.

Rock critic Ken Tucker offers up his top 10 lists of the best albums and singles of 2008.music. Here's his look at some of his own favorites.

A handful of teenagers, and a 12-year-old violinist, from the radio show From the Top, give sparkling performances, proving there's a bright future for classical music.

Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom halts natural gas sales to Ukraine, after Kiev refuses to agree to a four-fold price hike. The move has affected the flow of gas to other European countries and raised worries about Russia's use of energy as a political weapon.

Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis are expected to easily dispatch their primary opponents in the race for governor. But the reality of Texas politics will likely carry Abbott further.